Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
Created by
Mrs. Pasisis
Overarching QuestionWhat did Roosevelt do to earn immortalization at
Mount Rushmore? Most people can easily answer why the others figures were chosen. So……………..after studying about the life and work of Theodore Roosevelt, YOU decide why YOU THINK he was placed among such prestigious company (George Washington - the father of our country, Thomas Jefferson - author of the Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln - the “Great Emancipator” who united the country.
Young TeddyChildhood
struggles Teddy’s
illnesses
Teenager Teddy Works hard in his
father’s home gym Overcomes
illnesses through the strength of his will
TR: The AthleteHarvard
yearsSculling and
boxing
Roosevelt at HarvardRoosevelt’s
“classroom”
education
Early Adult Years 1881 – Climbing the
Matterhorn
Death of mother and wife
Retreat to the Badlands
Life in the Badlands Learned lessons in the
Badlands “Took the snob out of
me” Love of the open land Shaped future policies
TR’s Life with Edith Marriage to Edith Tales of Teddy
Roosevelt and his six children (only five in this picture because Quentin is not yet born)
Early Career
President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners
Already a “mover and a shaker” and a friend of the common man
Rough Riders Roosevelt as
part of this volunteer regiment
Victory at San Juan Hill
Medal of Honor
McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket
Roosevelt’s progressive campaign style
Powerful speeches
Roosevelt Becomes President Assassination of
McKinley A “visible
president”
Origin of “Teddy Bear” The famous
bear hunt in 1902
Berryman’s political cartoon
Early Presidential Years Family picture at
Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York
Stories of Roosevelt’s enjoyment of his children
President Roosevelt in the White House
1903
The Bully PulpitHow things
“ought to be”A bully pulpit
speech in Evanston, Illinois
Roosevelt as Conservationist National Parks,
National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations
230,000,000 acres
President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903.
Roosevelt and National Parks"Leave it as it is. You
can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it."
Panama Canal: Roosevelt’s Most Famous Foreign Policy Initiative
Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama in 1906.
The Square DealA fair shake for allPure Food and Drug Act of
1906 Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Attack on Laissez Faire
Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits"
Roosevelt the “Trust Buster”
Big Stick Diplomacy
A favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "
What do you think this means?
TR Saves FootballMeeting of the Big ThreeAmerican Football Rules
Committee was formed Rules to make the game less
dangerous
Presidential Firsts First to invite an African American to a
White House dinner First to have Secret Service protection First to win Nobel Peace Prize for his work
towards ending the Russo-Japanese War First to take trip outside the United States
More Presidential Firsts First to give an open invitation to the
press First to be submerged in a
submarine, to own a car, to have a telephone in his home, and to be allowed to operate the light switches in the White House
Roosevelt Hand Picks Taft Theodore
Roosevelt with incoming President William Howard Taft on Taft's inauguration day in 1909
Roosevelt Loses to Wilson The “Progressive Bull
Moose” loses in 1912 Life goes on Theodore Roosevelt
at the wedding of his daughter Ethel to Richard Derby.
An Older Theodore Roosevelt Agony over the death
of Quentin in World War I
"Grandfather" Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918.
Roosevelt’s Death "The old lion is
dead." Photo shows the
burial of Theodore Roosevelt, January 1919 in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY.
Works Cited
"Theodore Roosevelt Collection." 1998.
Harvard College Library. 4 Dec 2006
<http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/dep artment /roosevelt.html. >.